Appeal No. 2005-0642
Application No. 09/568,278
4. Fig. 1 is a side view of a quick connector coupling according to the
present invention showing a secondary latch in a latched position (col. 1, lines 64-
66).
5. Fig. 2 is a front view of the latched coupling (col. 1, line 67).
6. Fig. 3 is a partial sectional view of the latched coupling taken through
lines 3--3 of Fig. 2 (col. 12, lines 1-2).
7. With reference to Fig. 1, quick connector coupling 10 includes a male
member 12 connectable with a hollow female connector body 20 to form a
permanent, but severable joint in a fluid line system (col. 2, lines 21-24).
8. With reference to Fig. 3, male member 12 is formed at an end of a
hollow, rigid tube which forms a part of a fluid line system. Male member 12
includes an annular flange or upset 14 formed a given distance from an open end
16 (col. 2, lines 25-30).
9. Female connector body 20 is hollow and defines a bore 22. An
enlarged retainer housing portion of bore 22 is formed at an end of connector
body 20 having an entrance 24 defined by a radial annular rim 26. A pair of one-
hundred eighty (180) degree circumferentially displaced, rectangular windows 28
are formed through connector body 20 and extend from rim 26 away from entrance
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